In Re: Steven Lynn Hornsby Teresa Lynn Hornsby, Debtors. Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation v. Steven Lynn Hornsby Teresa Lynn Hornsby

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• holding that bankruptcy courts may partially discharge student debt absent undue hardship where debtor establishes “oppressive financial circumstances”
• holding that debtors “need not live in abject poverty before a discharge is forthcoming”
• holding that partial discharges are contrary to plain language of statute
• observing that debtors “need not live in abject poverty before a discharge is forthcoming”
• stating bankruptcy court has power to take action short of total discharge under 11 U.S.C. § 105(a)
• applying clearly erroneous standard of review to factual findings underlying \undue hardship\ determination, which court reviews de novo

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